Selections from the Art of Party Crashing in Medieval Iraq by Al-khatib Al-baghdadi

Author:Al-khatib Al-baghdadi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-02-12T20:09:00+00:00

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Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Rafiqi informed us, `Ali ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sari al-Hamadhani told us, Ahmad ibn al-Hasan al-Muqri' said:

Bunan passed by a wedding and wanted to get in, but couldn't. So he went to the grocer and put his ring down in exchange for ten cups of chewable honey.

Then he returned to the gate of the wedding and said, "Hey, gatekeeper! Open up!" And the gatekeeper said, "Who are you?"

"I see that you don't recognize me!" Bunan replied. "I'm the guy who was supposed to get the honey cups," so the gatekeeper opened the gate and Bunan went in. He ate and drank with the crowd, and when he'd had enough, he took the honey cups again and called to the gatekeeper, "Open up! They want plain honey, so I've got to return these cups." He went out and returned them to the grocer, and got his ring back.

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